Patents by Inventor Michael W. Grenn

Michael W. Grenn has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Techniques for estimating, measuring, monitoring or forecasting information quality, technical uncertainty, engineering effort and/or productivity
    Patent number: 9582774
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing requirements for an existing or proposed objective system. An information system in accordance with one embodiment includes one or more processors and storage coupled to the one or more processors. The storage is configured to represent requirements data, including one or more requirements for the objective system, and a particular state of the requirements data for the objective system, including subsystems of the objective system. The particular state of the requirements data includes a particular discrete information quality level for each requirement. The processors are programmed to calculate a requirements information entropy metric, HR, for the particular state, and to calculate an additional information increment ?I.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Inventor: Michael W. Grenn
  • TECHNIQUES FOR ESTIMATING, MEASURING, MONITORING OR FORECASTING INFORMATION QUALITY, TECHNICAL UNCERTAINTY, ENGINEERING EFFORT AND/OR PRODUCTIVITY
    Publication number: 20140344204
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include systems, methods, and apparatuses for managing requirements for an existing or proposed objective system. An information system in accordance with one embodiment includes one or more processors and storage coupled to the one or more processors. The storage is configured to represent requirements data, including one or more requirements for the objective system, and a particular state of the requirements data for the objective system, including subsystems of the objective system. The particular state of the requirements data includes a particular discrete information quality level for each requirement. The processors are programmed to calculate a requirements information entropy metric, HR, for the particular state, and to calculate an additional information increment ?I.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventor: Michael W. Grenn